Documents of category Environment
The Impact of Continued Mekong Basin Hydropower Development on Local Livelihoods
Hydropower development of the Mekong Basin is proceeding at an increasingly rapid pace.Hydropower has already affected the natural and social environments of the Mekong and threatens to cause further devastation for local livelihoods as hydropower projects increase in size and number.
Published by: National Centre for Peace and Confict Studies -
Author: Scott William David Pearse-Smith,
Published on: Jan 2011 -
Uploaded on: Jan 2012
File size: 443 KB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Water Resources
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Food security
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Hydropower development
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Livelihoods
Category: Environment
Biofuels in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Energy Sufficiency; Food Security; and Environmental Management
In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), a growing demand for biofuels could help support the agriculture sector and provide an alternative source of energy.However, if deployed unsustainably, biofuels development can be associated with numerous risks that have negative ramifications for human development.
Published by: Asian Development Bank -
Author: Pradeep Tharakan; Naeeda Crishna; Jane Romero; and David Morgado,
Published on: Jan 2009 -
Uploaded on: Jan 2012
File size: 1.4 MB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Agriculture
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Food security
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Water quality
Category: Environment
Green Growth, Resources and Resilience: Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
This report—Green Growth, Resources, and Resilience—describes an evolving policy landscape characterized by a changing economic reality, rising demand for resources, increasingly apparent impacts of environmental and climate change, and increased risk and uncertainty.
Published by: ADB -
Author: ESCAP; ADB; UNEP,
Uploaded on: Feb 2012
File size: 2.4 MB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Climate Change
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Asia and the Pacific
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Sustainable development
Category: Environment
Greater Mekong Sub-region Power Trade (Laos) Project. Ban Hat in Champasak Province (Laos) to Stung Treng (Cambodia) : environmental management plan
The ultimate development objective of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Power Trade Project is to lead to the realization of an integrated GMS Power Grid and increase economic trade among the participants.The attainment of this objective and removal of barriers is expected to take several years.
Published by: The World Bank -
Author: Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy; Korea Electric Power Corporation,
Uploaded on: Dec 2011
File size: 5.6 MB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Access to electricity
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Accidental release
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Action Plan
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Adverse environmental impacts
Category: Environment
Developing Country Interest on Climate ChangeAction and the Post-2012 Climate Change Regime
The paper focuses on the cross-cutting objective of advancing development goals throughout the Bali Action Plan in a sustainable way, making the case that there are strategic interests for developing countries in simultaneously addressing climate change and nationally-defined development priorities.
Published by: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) -
Uploaded on: Jun 2011
File size: 786 KB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Environment
Category: Environment
Destructive Mekong Dams: Critical Need for Transparency
THE once war-ravaged Mekong River Basin is under new assault by the relentless forces of development and globalization, with energy-hungry China leading the charge.
Published by: The Henry L. Stimson Center -
Uploaded on: Apr 2011
File size: 46 KB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Environment
Category: Environment
Water Conflict Chronology 1
Published by: Pacific Institute -
Uploaded on: Apr 2011
File size: 1011 KB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Environment
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Water Resources
Category: Environment
Integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and strategies for disaster risk reduction into national policies
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reaffirmed that many climate risks will be exacerbated by climate change and that disaster risk reduction is an important element of adaptation planning.
Published by: United Nations Office at Geneva -
Uploaded on: Apr 2011
File size: 211 KB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Environment
Category: Environment
China and Water
China's water resources are overallocated, inefficiently used, and grossly polluted by human and industrial wastes, to the point that vast stretches of rivers are dead and dying, lakes are cesspools of waste, groundwater aquifers are over-pumped and unsustainably consumed, uncounted species of aquatic life have been driven to extinction, and...
Published by: Pacific Institute -
Uploaded on: Apr 2011
File size: 920 KB -
Language: English
Keyword(s):
Environment
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Water Resources
Category: Environment
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Uploaded on: Oct 2010
File size: 939 KB -
Language: Vietnamese
Keyword(s):
Environment
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Water Resources
Category: Environment
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